Reina_Matsusaka
Reina Matsusaka
Japanese rhythmic gymnast
Reina Matsusaka (born 23 October 2000) is a Japanese rhythmic gymnast.[1] She is the 2024 all-around Asian bronze medalist.
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| Country represented |  Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (2000-10-23) 23 October 2000 (age 23) Kanagawa, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Rhythmic Gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Level | Senior International Elite | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years on national team | 2023- | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Matsusaka began rhythmic gymnastics at age 3 because her mother was a coach at a gymnastics club, and she began to be coached by her mother in middle school. In 2019, she enrolled at Tokyo Women's Junior College of Physical Education.[2]
At the All-Japan Intercollegiate Gymnastics Championships in August 2019, Matsusaka won bronze with the hoop and was 5th individually. At the All-Japan Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in October, she won silver with ball.[2]
Matsusaka debuted internationally several years later in 2023, when she competed in the Sofia International Tournament. She won bronze with ball and clubs and silver with hoop.[3] In the summer, she took part in the 2021 Summer World University Games in Chengdu and won bronze in the all-around behind Fanni Pigniczki and Khrystyna Pohranychna. She also won a bronze medal with clubs.[4][5] In October she was selected for the Asian Games. There she finished 4th in teams with the other Japanese gymnasts and 7th in the all-around final.[6]
The following year, she began her season by competing in Athens at the Aphrodite Cup. She was 6th in the all-around and won bronze with hoop and ribbon.[7][8] In April she competed in the World Cup in Baku, taking 15th place in the all-around, 17th with hoop, 13th with ball, 9th with clubs and 21st with ribbon.[9]
On May 3 she won the all-around bronze medal at the Asian Championships in Tashkent behind Elzhana Taniyeva and Takhmina Ikromova.[10] There was one Olympic berth available at the event, which went to Taniyeva. Although Matsusaka did not qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics, she said of the event, "Previously, I was not in a position where I could aim for the Olympics, so this has been a very fruitful year. I'm happy I was able to make the Olympics my goal."[11]
- "MATSUSAKA Reina - FIG Athlete Profile". www.gymnastics.sport. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
- Matsumoto, Reiko (2019-11-26). "東女体大･松坂玲奈「自分にしかできない演技を究めたい」" [Tokyo Women's College of Education - Matsuaka Reina: "I want to master a performance only I can give"]. 4years (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-05-03.
- "2023 IT Sofia Senior Event Finals" (PDF). static.usagym.org.
- mathieu (2023-07-30). "Chengdu University gymnasts win gold at their home gym". FISU. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
- "2021 Universiade Clubs Results". chengduresults.fisu.net. Archived from the original on 3 May 2024.
- "Individual All-Around Finals" (PDF). 2022 Asian Games. October 7, 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 October 2023.
- "2024 Aphrodite Cup All-Around" (PDF). static.usagym.org.
- "2024 Aphrodite Cup Event Finals" (PDF). static.usagym.org.
- "2024 Baku World Cup" (PDF). agf.az.
- "Спорт вокруг". sportvokrug.ru. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
- "松坂玲奈、喜田未来乃は五輪出場ならず 初めて全種目逃す／新体操" [Matsuaka Reina and Kita Mirano will not participate in the Olympics]. サンスポ (in Japanese). 2024-05-03. Retrieved 2024-05-03.